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As Britain braces itself for further outbreaks of violence, questions are being asked about the UK’s police response and how effective it has been. While a number of officers have been injured over the past week as they work to contain rioters, accusations have been levelled at officers for ‘two tier policing’ – amidst fears that some protests are dealt with more harshly than others. So when Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, was spotted leaving the Cabinet Office by reporters today, it seemed only natural that he be quizzed on the matter. But when one journalist questioned Rowley...

DUBAI, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Iran is not looking to escalate regional tensions but believes it needs to punish Israel to prevent further instability, the foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week. "Iran seeks to establish stability in the region, but this will only come with punishing the aggressor and creating deterrence against the adventurism of the Zionist regime (Israel)," Nasser Kanaani said, adding that action from Tehran was inevitable. Kanaani called on the United States to stop supporting Israel, saying the international community had failed in its duty...

Hitler’s initial plan had been to relocate the Jews, but by 1942, at the Wannsee Conference — after the Germans realized that no one would take the Jews in — the Germans planned for industrial genocide.

Rescue crew members at Yavapai Point on Friday (K. Kasper/National Park Service) A man was killed trying to parachute into the Grand Canyon, park officials report. Crews found his body and a deployed parachute around 500 feet below the South Rim in Grand Canyon National Park, NBC News reports. A National Park Service statement said the man attempted an illegal BASE jump about 7:30am Thursday from Yavapai Point. Crews reached the body Friday. His name was not released pending positive identification. The acronym stands for building, antennae, span, and earth—the features that people parachute from. The jumps are prohibited throughout...

Members of the terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iranian lawmakers said on Sunday “infiltration” of Iranian security did not play a role in the elimination of Hamas “political” chief Ismail Haniyeh – contradicting a New York Times report claiming Haniyeh was killed by a bomb hidden in his room. Haniyeh, who lived a life of luxury in Qatar securing financing and political support for the genocidal terrorist organization Hamas, died in an explosion on July 31 while visiting Iran for the inauguration of President Masoud Pezeshkian. Both Pezeshkian and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were seen embracing Haniyeh at the...

The UK’s top cop seemed unable to control his temper when asked about growing concerns opver two-tier policing in the United Kingdom, lashing out at a journalist on Monday morning. Sir Mark Rowley, the chief of the Metropolitan Police, London’s police force and the most senior in the UK, appeared to lose his temper at a journalist on Monday morning as he was questioned about the quality of response to recent incidents of public unrest including riots in England. The top police officer was pictured stepping out of the Cabinet Office in Westminster, the central convening department of the British...

He will round up the homeless and send the National Guard into cities to fight crime Trump claimed last year that our “once great cities have become unlivable, unsanitary nightmares, surrendered to the homeless, the drug-addicted, and the violent and dangerously deranged.” His solution is to ban urban camping and corral the unhoused into tent cities, which will be staffed by “doctors, psychiatrists, social workers, and drug-rehab specialists.” Trump says he will pay for all this with the money the U.S. saves from “ending mass, unskilled migration.”

Belgium pulls out of event, and Switzerland replaces triathlon swimmer Belgium's Olympic committee announced Sunday that it would withdraw its team from the mixed relay triathlon at the Paris Olympics after one of its competitors who swam in the Seine River fell ill. Claire Michel, who competed in the women's triathlon on Wednesday, "is unfortunately ill and will have to withdraw from the competition," the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee said in a statement. The mixed relay triathlon is scheduled to take place Monday, with the swim portion of the competition slated for the Seine as well, the AP reports....

President Joe Biden insisted the Biden-Harris administration “cured” the economy just days before the Dow dropped 1,000 points and the Nasdaq sank six percent in a global market rout Monday morning. “I cured the economy,” Biden said Tuesday when asked about his administration’s accomplishments: JOE BIDEN LAST WEEK: “I cured the economy.” pic.twitter.com/oBAajoVSuO — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 5, 2024 About one week later, economists raised concerns about a recession, CNBC reported: U.S. stocks fell sharply on Monday as part of a global market sell-off centered around U.S. recession fears. Japan’s Nikkei 22 plunged 12% in its worst day since...

More than 50 million retired workers received a Social Security benefit in April 2024. Those monthly disbursements are often their largest source of income. Indeed, a recent survey from Gallup found that 88% of retirees depend on Social Security to some degree, and 60% said benefits were a “major source” of income. The Social Security program undergoes certain changes annually to keep benefits aligned with inflation and general wage level. Given the important role benefits play in retirement, it is imperative that beneficiaries (and soon-to-be beneficiaries) stay informed. But a recent survey from Nationwide Retirement Institute shows that many Americans...

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned, ending 15 years in power as thousands of protesters defied a military curfew and stormed her official residence.

Two female tourists from Mexico were violently shoved onto train tracks by a random woman at a Manhattan subway station early Monday, the NYPD and sources said. The victims, ages 28 and 27, were pushed off the northbound F platform at the Delancey Street/Essex Street station on the Lower East Side just after 2:15 a.m., according to cops. The women had been waiting for the train when the suspect suddenly approached and shoved one of them onto the tracks in an unprovoked attack, police said.

Russia, Belarus competitors will not hear their national anthems at Games The neutral collective of athletes won its first gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Friday. Ivan Litvinovich was not allowed to float down the River Seine on a boat during the Games' opening ceremony a week ago—just like all 32 athletes from Russia and Belarus whose Olympic team identity has been made almost invisible because of their nations' military invasion of Ukraine. When standing on the top step of the podium, Litvinovich was prohibited from hearing the Belarus anthem, the AP reports. Playing instead was a nondescript, wordless...

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House senior adviser Gene Sperling is leaving his administration position to work with Vice President Kamala Harris’ election campaign as the Democrats step up efforts to challenge Donald Trump on policy issues in November’s election. Sperling will be a senior economic adviser to Harris’ policy team. The shift was revealed by White House officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters. Sperling served both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama as director of the White House National Economic Council. President Joe Biden Biden tasked him with managing his $1.9 trillion pandemic aid package, a...

Vice President Harris will hold her first rally alongside her yet-to-be-announced running mate on Tuesday night in Philadelphia, her campaign said, as part of a five-day, seven-state blitz for the Democratic ticket. Harris spent the weekend interviewing prospective running mates, including Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. She will announce her choice no later than Tuesday, when she and her running mate will embark on a five-day swing through the seven battleground states expected to decide November’s election. Harris and her vice...

Steering America into a hellhole.Barring a possible but unlikely “October surprise,” Kamala Harris will be the Democratic nominee for president. When Democratic string pullers decided that Joe Biden was unfit to run again, Harris became the obvious—if not best—choice.Her disapproval ratings are telling. While 38% approve of Harris, 52% disapprove, and a detailed report by the David Horowitz Freedom Center spells out a legacy that would make the late Joe Stalin proud. Just a few of the taxpayer disasters that Harris has in mind are that health care is a fundamental right and “Medicare for All” should be the policy....

Money stolen from your accounts might be funding pro-illegal advocacy. The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies has spent years battling on behalf of illegal alien invaders. Earlier, Freedom Center Investigates exposed how the lawfare group housed at a University of California law school provides full service open borders support. “During Trump, my CGRS colleagues and I expended a tremendous amount of energy challenging the anti-immigrant policies that were issued on what seemed like an almost daily basis,” Karen Musalo, the CGRS founding director, boasted. The Center also offers a database of “expert witnesses” willing to testify on behalf of...

Russia continues to pay a high cost in troops and equipment during its full-scale invasion, according to Kyiv, the recent figures of which outline losses of several dozen artillery systems—as well as two warplanes. Sunday's update by Ukraine's military noted how two aircraft had been among the equipment losses Russia had suffered over the previous day. This followed what Ukraine's General Staff said was a drone strike on the Morozovsk airfield, a Russian military base in the Rostov region near the Ukrainian border, which is home to Sukhoi Su-27 and Su-34 glide bombers. Kyiv said that the strikes hit warehouses...

Kamala and the Secret Service look on in disbelief. Joe Biden recently climbed back up the stairs of an airplane he wasn’t supposed to be on, as Kamala Harris and the Secret Service watched in disbelief. How long will this go on?

U.S. stocks fell sharply on Monday as part of a global market sell-off centered around U.S. recession fears. Japan’s Nikkei 225 plunged 12% in its worst day since the 1987 Black Monday crash for Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,068 points, or 2.7%. The Nasdaq Composite lost 6%, and the S&P 500 slid 4.2%. Fears of a U.S. recession were the main culprit for the global market meltdown after Friday’s disappointing July jobs report. Investors are also concerned that the Federal Reserve is behind in cutting interest rates to bolster an economic slowdown, with the central bank...